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Awful: Kilmeade Says “Just Kill” Mentally Ill Homeless Who Refuse Help

Homelessness is a crisis in our major cities. But we have to always remember that people who are homeless have equal intrinsic dignity as all other human beings. That is why I was appalled that — in a recent discussion about the atrocious murder of Iryna Zarutska by a mentally ill homeless man — Fox News personality Brian Kilmeade said that if the mentally ill homeless don’t accept hospitalization, they should be, well, killed. Read More ›
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Jewish New Year new books

Rosh Hashanah—the Jewish new year’s celebration—begins on September 22, so this is a good time to review four new Judaism-related books, starting with the entertaining Eminent Jews (Henry Holt, 2025). David Denby offers four long but readable chapters on Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, Norman Mailer, and Leonard Bernstein.  The Brooks section is best with its specific detail of how the genius of Read More ›

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Recent Victories & Advancements in K-12 Education

Join Discovery Institute's American Center for Transforming Education to gain an up-close look at the historic victories occurring to advance education freedom, entrepreneurship, innovation, parental rights, and public education reform! Read More ›
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On the Murder of Charlie Kirk

On behalf of Discovery Institute, I join others in condemning political violence and in mourning the murder of Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Point, USA. There can be no place for this kind of hostility in the public discourse of our nation.  Read More ›
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First Lady Melania Trump participates in the Senate Spouses Luncheon at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 21,2025. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)
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The First Lady’s Resolve to Win the AI Race

America is in a global artificial intelligence (AI) race. The stakes are historically high with economic and national security implications. As President Trump declared in July, “Whether we like it or not, we are suddenly engaged in a fast-paced competition to build and refine this groundbreaking technology that will determine so much about the future of civilization.” Read More ›